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Aral Sea	formerly, a very large, single lake in Central Asia. Once one of the world's largest lakes, the Aral Sea has lost a great deal of its water in recent times and it has divided into separate parts. The southeastern part of the Aral Sea has become entirely dry and is called a desert now.
bay¹	a part of a sea or lake that cuts into a coastline and is partly surrounded by land.
beach	the land at the edge of a lake, ocean, or other body of water. A beach slopes gently toward the water and usually has sand or pebbles. [1/2 definitions]
Chicago	a city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is near the southern tip of Lake Michigan.
cove	a small bay in a shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
Dead Sea	a large salt lake between the countries of Israel and Jordan. The Dead Sea lies at about 1300 feet below sea level, which makes it the lowest known place on the surface of the earth.
effluent	sewage or other liquid waste that flows into a body of water such as a river or lake.
Erie	Lake Erie, the most southern of the Great Lakes. It lies between the United States and Canada. [2 definitions]
Huron	Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes. It lies between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario. [2 definitions]
ice	a body of frozen surface water on a lake, pond, sea or river. [1/6 definitions]
lagoon	a body of fresh water that connects to a larger lake or river. [1/2 definitions]
Lake Baikal	a large lake located in the part of Russia that is in Asia. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and also contains the most water. It is a freshwater lake, which means that the water is not salty.
Lake Huron	one of the Great Lakes that lies between the United States and Canada. Lake Huron is located to the northeast of the U.S. state of Michigan and contains the large Canadian island of Manitoulin.
Lake Maracaibo	a large bay in northwestern Venezuela. Lake Maracaibo is called a "lake," but its water is salty, and it is connected to the Caribbean Sea by a narrow strait.
Lake Michigan	a large lake that is one of the Great Lakes of North America and borders the U.S. states of Illnois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Lake Michigan reaches the furthest south of the Great Lakes and borders the city of Chicago at its southern end.
Lake Ontario	the smallest of the Great Lakes on the continent of North America. Lake Ontario lies between the state of New York in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada.
Lake Superior	a large lake that lies between the United States and Canada. Lake Superior is the westernmost and largest of the five Great Lakes.
Lake Titicaca	a large, deep lake in South America located in the Andes mountains between the countries of Bolivia and Peru.
Lake Victoria	a very large lake in Africa, located partly in Kenya and partly in Tanzania and Uganda.
Mackenzie River	a river in Canada flowing from Great Slave Lake west and north toward the Arctic Ocean.
mayfly	a delicate insect with two pairs of wings. The mayfly larva may live for several years in a stream, lake, or river. Once it turns into an adult, it lives for only a few hours. [1/2 definitions]

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